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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

I can't help but notice that many belly cakes also feature enormous, anatomically improbable boobs. Maybe this is to show lactation? If that is the case, is there any cream filling? I guess as long as you are being tacky, you may as well go for gold!

Why, why, WHY would people not only buy these, but expect people to EAT these? If somebody invited me to a shower and they had some cakes like those, I'd either find an excuse to leave early or start hitting the wine bar at my earliest convenience.

Oh my, as an expectant mom, I pray I never see any of these at my baby shower! That orange one is freakishly glossy and the folds of the fondant are just odd. I agree that the cross section cake is pretty darn cool though, but I love science! However, not sure that I'd want to eat it, "hey, you want uterus or intestine?" *blech*

As for the boob comment, I can attest that some expectant moms, myself included, are overly "blessed" in that area and consider it more of a curse.

Cake #2, Welcome Bentley... does no one else see those um... um... what are those things in the upper left corner behind the cake??? For the love of god please tell me they are not meant to be what they appear to be. Sock monkey legs? Rockets? Turrets from a Castle? WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE???

HA! I love the fact that the "winning" sperm is gigantic. And is anyone else reminded of corn on the cob when they look at that spine in cross-section?I could easily see that alien cake as a practical joke for someone's baby shower. My husband would have loved it, just to see the horrified looks on all the ladies' faces. "Baby gets his looks from his momma's side of the family, doesn't he?"

If anyone ever insisted that I HAD to have a baby belly cake, I would TOTALLY want the alien baby belly cake! I'd order it myself. And then I'd unveil it at the shower and say "You wanted a baby belly cake? Well here ya go! You're welcome!".

I will never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never understand why these cakes are made, nor why anyone expects them to be sliced up and eaten. I'm going to add a few more "nevers."

I lived in Denmark in 1994 and watched - with my host family - a frightening Lars von Trier mini-series (Riget, The Kingdom) that was set in Rigshospitalet, a Copenhagen hospital. Some of these cakes (especially the bursting ones), remind me of the disturbing images from that series.. <Shudder>

The camouflage one freaked me out at first because I didn't realize it was supposed to overalls, I thought that was skin tone. And that's just what a cadaver's skin tone looks like during certain stages of decomposition. Urk.

I have never laughed so hard at all the comments as I did today. Now, for the cakes, Sperm - Family Guy and Stewie - Those who know, get it.

Cake 2 - Took me awhile to realize the 'black' square was an ultrasound 'picture'Cake 3 - Reagen is right, WHAT is that black stuff? Also, that baby is SOME contortionist.....Cake 4 - Very interesting details, not sure I would want to eat it, my first thought was, wow, her boobs hang lower than mine (I had 5 kids and gained more boobage with each one)...Cake 5 - before I read the comments about it being a camo dress, I thought it was supposed to be a strange, weird, I don't know what, it looked, at first like a very stretched belly and those were blood vessels showing! Then I saw the bib hooks too.... Still, weird.Cake 6 - Again, my first thought was they got something wrong, then I realized it must be a winter pregnancy, cause the 'mom' is very pale and her 'dress' is very 'tan' and still strange.....Cake 7 - AAAAAHHHHH What is it! eeeeewwww and this comes from a person who sits and eats food while watching shows like CSI, NCIS, that show with the real coroner lady, haven't seen it in a while, but you get my point. Upon further examination, I want to know if this lady is upside down or what, what is going on with the 'clothing'? It looks like she has her bra or swimsuit top on upside down. If that is the case, she is built strangely.....

Loved all the comments so far. Thanks for making me laugh, I really enjoyed it. Now for a nap, I used what energy I had left laughing.

Ok so I have to admit that I think the sperm cake is hilarious, kind of tacky but still fantastic! And if you're gonna do a belly cake, then go for the alien...I'd much rather that than some random baby body parts or realistic looking baby cake, plus pretty sure I've heard of babies being called womb invaders....just a thought.

Yeah, I usually think the belly cake trend is trashy as all get out, but I LOVE the alien chestburster (bellyburster?) cake. I would absolutely have that at my baby shower! Twisted, but rather appropriate.

The Alien cake made me choke on my white cheddar popcorn. Serves me right; I know better than to eat while perusing CakeWrecks! (It was choke in a good way, tho; I think that cake is AWEsome. But I'm bizarro like that.)And speaking of baby shower cakes.... Since I make cakes, all my FB friends insist on posting cake pix on my page that they think are adorable, but all I can think is how I saw them on CakeWrecks. It was a Baby-Butt cake today. *sigh*

Just FYI that "black stuff" oozing out of the side on cake #3 is actually supposed to be a placenta. Why it's so small and on the OUTSIDE while the baby is still on the INSIDE makes no sense, but there you go. The baby's holding a sign with a man hand as well, so...